IMO, Microsoft should go with a flash-based Zune (a-la iPod Nano) instead of disk-based when they first introduce Zune last year. But hey it ’s better late than never, earlier this year MS revealed that the company will introduce its first flash-based Zune music player, a direct challenge to Apple’s iPod nano but you have to wait before this Zune hit the store shelf. Oh well, Im not even sure how this gadget would look like but engadget have a couple of them.

Here’s an interesting YouTube video showing iPhone cool features.

Looking for an expandable USB drive? this maybe it and looks cool too.  Designed by Vicky Wie, this nice and colorful looking USB drive concept will allows you to link with each other to increase its size storage capacity.

Im not sure what would happen if you disconnect them and randomly put them back again? Another nice thing that you could do with this gadget is to create your own fashionable USB memory bracelet or ring maybe.

Online security is getting overwhelming and frustrating sometimes. For the last few months I’ve signed up to a couple of forums and blogs to scour information on about everything and it come to a point of having problem remembering what user id and password I’ve used. Aside from that we moved all our bills and credit card payments and banking online so it is frustrating when you forgot you login ID and password. Although you can memorize as many as you can combinations, some online services, specially financial only allows you up to 3 tries lock up you ID if you keep trying with invalid credentials.

One possible solution to this is to use a secure ID storage to track and retrieve those critical piece of information. ID Vault is a USB-based device that includes a SmartCard microcontroller to store sensitive data in encrypted format. It has PIN-based logon access that keeps a collection of secure bookmarks, integrated with your web browser and websites, and sends credentials directly to the site secure logon page. This gadget is good to avoid keyloggers and shoulder/side watchers for the price of $50.

At last, after so many months of speculations and rumors about what would iPhone (not even sure if this would be the name) look like, today Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone to the large audience in attendance at MacWorld.

This new sleek mobile gadget combines phone, wide-screen iPod, and internet access. It comes in two version a 4GB and 8GB storage capacity, support quad-band GSM, EDGE, WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 wireless.

The iPhone also has a built-in 2 MP digital camera, a big enough 3.5-inch widescreen display and running on Mac OS X engine. One of main attraction of iPhone is the new user interface (UI) which by design they get rid of the button and replaced it with screen-based touch pad.

With so many bells and whistles packed into this thin gadget (11.6mm to be exact), I started to wonder what would be the battery life?

Since this gadget is primarily a phone, Mr. Jobs confirmed that the exclusive carrier for the iPhone will be Cingular, Sweet! I have to stick to Cingular for now and start saving money to afford this gadget once it hit the store by June with a price tag of $499 and $599 for the first two model.

A few weeks ago I watched as show about the evolution of disk storage (I believe it was on PBS) and Im amazed how these technologies evolved and its impact on computing technologies. Through the years the program showcase how technology moved from a room full of capacitors and gigantic magnetic plates to a quarter size storage medium.

Yesterday, Cnet reported about this new high-capacity flash drive from SanDisk which the company believe would later on replaced the harddisk of mobile device.

Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts. As a result, flash devices are less prone to breaking down—flash cards can survive drops from great heights—and consume less energy. SanDisk’s flash drive can increase battery life by about 10 percent, said Doreet Oren, director of product marketing for SanDisk.“

I totally agree. Although this new storage device will be more expensive than your current 2.5” hard drive is I think understandable but later on as more and more company adopt the technology we would expect the cost will also go down. But for now don’t drop those hard drive.. yet!